COLUMBINE REBELS
Head coach: Rhonda Hardcastle
Classification: 5A Jeffco
2011 recap: The Lady Rebels placed seventh in the league. Lexie Cox was the team’s only individual to go to state. She took first in the all-around in league and tied for sixth at state. She took second on the vault and third on the floor exercise.
Athletes to watch: Kellie Sorensen, Sr., bars; Breezy Coyne, Jr., all-around; Audra Dominguez, Soph., all-around
Season opener: Aug. 31, vs. Pomona (quad meet), 5:30 p.m.

ARVADA — It was only the first hole, but Sam Theil didn’t do himself any favors. The Evergreen senior co-captain, starting on No. 18 at the Jefferson Academy Invitational on Aug. 16, fired a double bogey. It was a tough start for a player who struggles more with golf’s mental game than with the physical side.

WESTMINSTER — It may have only been the 5A Jeffco League opener, but Billy Ramsey certainly put the rest of the conference on notice. The Columbine senior proved, without much doubt, that his trip to state last year was anything but a fluke.
Ramsey overcame a rough start to the 2012 season with a strong finish on the back nine at Hyland Hills, firing a 1-under-par 71 on Aug. 15 to place second in the 46-golfer field.

Race director Pat Downing, in an e-mail sent to participants last week, announced that the Deer Creek Challenge bicycle ride, scheduled for Saturday, Aug. 19, has been canceled because of low registration numbers.

CENTENNIAL — Scott Robb has yet to step foot in a classroom at Littleton High School, but the rising freshman has taken his first swing of the club for the Lions’ boys golf team. Sophomores Jake Meitzmaker and Jacob Fuchs saw their first varsity action as well Aug. 9 at South Suburban Golf Course.
Sure, it could’ve been better. It also could’ve been a lot worse.